i just noticed that in one of my gmail accounts its saying that i have 15 gig of space.

screengrab:
http://i28.tinypic.com/15z1o28.png

normally it's 7.3 gig. is this a sign of google rolling out extra capacity for gmail users?

Cool... I think a Google "Cosmo" release is coming soon... With the upgrades to Google Docs recently, and I noticed the Gmail "storage counter" on the home page stopped last week... Seems like they're moving some stuff behind the scenes and getting ready for a launch...

nerfwibbler : Can you go here and make a screen capture please ?

https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageStorage?hl=en

Timing is very very strange...

Remember the launch of the paid storage thing and the fusion of Gmail / Picasa extra storage ?

It was 2 years ago (in 3 days)...

http://blogoscoped.com/forum/104906.html

Ive still "7355 MB" currently

> Can you go here and make a screen capture please ?

The storage counter looks completely different in Gmail when you've paid for extra storage. It shows a bar graph as well as the counter, so I don't think it's paid storage...

I know, but there is a possibility that this is a Google Apps account, by asking for the screen, it removes this possibility.

Gmail: 7355 MB
https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageStorage?hl=en : 8.03 GB

hebbet

Mine says that too....

[edited @ because, i made a comment with a wrong name (was caused by one moving ~hebbet]

Cosmo= Chrome OS Storage Manager (plus an extra o for the pun)

http://memory.jeremilhau.fr/storage.png

http://memory.jeremilhau.fr/storage2.png

There is a bit of incoherence between my gmail and my google account.

2,61 Gio ≠ 3,2 Gio

I think I found nerfwibbler on Twitter... seems like he's the only one seeing 15GB... maybe it is just a glitch?

http://twitter.com/justinf/status/3123122467
http://twitter.com/justinf/status/3123191904
http://twitter.com/justinf/status/3123248919
http://twitter.com/justinf/status/3123351464
http://twitter.com/unkiedave/status/3124360614

ah the power of twitter.

my "nerfwibbler" alias is blown. he he...
;-)

PierreS COSMO :

Chrome OS Storage Manager Online (maybe ?)

Luka – i went to that link and grabbed a screenshot.

yup its 15 gig

http://i28.tinypic.com/2rp7h48.png

my other gmail accounts show the usual 7.3 gig. maybe its just a mistake on google's part. or maybe not – the account is not one i use everyday – its a throwaway account. so perhaps google are testing out the 15 gig on accounts that arent used too often. perhaps?

Hummm, I have to check my other accounts!!

My hypothesis for the storage incoherence : some documents I opened with google docs are no longer in the Google Account Total but are still counted in the Gmail total.

We may have a new service (say cosmo, or docs) that will have storage limit soon.

and just to be clear – it is NOT paid storage. as i said, its from a throwaway gmail account that i have.

I checked all my other accounts 3 hours ago when I first saw this post, and again 30 minutes ago... But they all still say 7.3GB :(

Modified documents would be migrated to the new service? Something that triggered those kind of discrepancies

>> We may have a new service (say cosmo, or docs) that will have storage limit soon.

That's what I'm thinking too – And at that time, Google will probably increase the shared storage quota.

I keep getting logged out of my Google Account... It's happened 3 times so far this morning. This has never happened before. Something strange is going on today........

canonical recently launched "ubuntu one" – which is their version of cloud storage

ubuntuone.com

maybe google are gearing up to provide their long awaited gDrive

[Unlinked – Tony]

Maybe (this is pure speculation) all the compatibles attachments will be readable from docs (cosmo) as picasa web albums and youtube videos from the same account. This way, docs will became the center of online files search and managing.

But, according to the cosmo leaked pdf, cosmo is an evolution of platypus that allowed an integration with OS. Google is ready to do something like this with MacFuse (Mac and Linux) and Windows client was leaked too.

So go hunt for a cosmo client!

nerfwibbler, do you see anything strange / new if you visit https://docs.google.com using that account?

cosmo/gdrive getting started guide (pdf)
http://giwy.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/gdrive_on_cosmo_getting_started_guide.pdf

i'll try visiting docs tony. just a sec.

I also see 15gb on my Gmail account, but still 7.3gb in my Google Apps mail account..

theres nothing unusual in google docs when i sign in using the 15gig account.

arie -> aha. somebody else is seeing this besides me!

Google’s Gdrive arriving in 2009:
http://twitter.com/JesseNewhart/status/2929245087

Cached Page: http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:w78t8MaXwXQJ:www.rlslog.net/27227/+www.rlslog.net/27227&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

I was thinking yesterday that a "Cosmo" release might be near with the announcement of "Google Chrome to sync bookmarks" http://blogoscoped.com/forum/158361.html

> Google’s Gdrive arriving in 2009:

The source for that article was TG Daily (http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41094-140.html) which basically "borrowed" most of its content from this article without giving any credit:

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-18-n35.html

Yes, and cosmo would be the web interface for the bookmark sync system. This picture is the hint :

http://docs.google.com/images/doclist/icon_4_chrome_folder_large.gif

http://docs.google.com/images/doclist/icon_4_chrome_folder.gif

Yes... See the update at the bottom of this post:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-docs-slowly-morphing-into-google.html

>> The source for that article was TG Daily

Thanks Tony, the source for that article was you :-o

The reason for this is probably that Cosmo has integrated with Amethyst. (See the pdf)

here:

http://www.litman.com/forum%20%20temp%20pix/15gb.gif

oops.. I realized after posting that I miss read (I can run for congress now:))

Another strange thing that happened last week (in Google Docs) that made me wonder if a Cosmo integration was taking place behind the scenes, is that one of our Google Apps users came to me saying that she no longer had access to any shared files in Google Docs. I checked her account and sure enough, the shared docs were missing from her list. I checked the sharing permissions on the files and nothing had changed... Then I tried to access the files from her account through the static URL that you can share and she was able to view/edit the files that way – They just weren't showing up in her Docs list... Very strange. Yesterday she came back to me and said the files are now back in her Docs list.

that definitely sounds like something going on behind the scenes alright mbegin.

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Maybe this has to do something with the above...

I've spotted something weird too. Today I go to http://mail.google.com/ through IE6 for Windows 2000 SP4, and I see Gmail 2.0's loading page! (Gmail 2.0's interface won't show after loaded, though. Also, I can't reproduce this.)

   Besides, it seems that Google Docs source code was updated recently. Now I can't find links to Chrome Folder image, PDF image... ... in it.

gmail 2.0 is working on ie6 for about a half year

http://googleeverywhere.blogspot.com/2007/07/15-gb-gmail-account.html

And that's from Thursday, July 19, 2007, so all this speculation about Google Web Drive might be wishful thinking...

And this one from Tue May 08, 2007:
https://forum.hackinthebox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14343
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/23/untitledtk6.jpg

At least I guessed what Cosmo might mean :-)

hebbet:
   Gmail 2.0 works for IE6 which has MICROSOFT'S LATEST UPDATE installed. Mine isn't, so Gmail 2.0 shouldn't work for me.

Why on earth would you use the world's most hated browser? You must hate your computer. Get chrome or firefox!

I like safari, am I okay DPic?

DPic:
   There are two computers at my home. One is new (with Chrome installed) and the other is old (my mom & dad use this one and they don't want to use any NEW browser...). I checks mail from that old computer today.

Cookie Lee:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-gmail-code-base-now-for-ie6-too.html

hebbet:

According to http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-gmail-code-base-now-for-ie6-too.html :

"...This week, we've started to roll out Gmail's new code base to IE6 users. If you use IE6 AND HAVE THE LATEST IE6 UPDATES FROM MICROSOFT INSTALLED (or the specific patch that's required), you'll start seeing the features listed above."

It seems that the patch mentioned in that post was not available in Windows 2000.